new Delhi . The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday approved Rs 1,887 crore for disaster relief in five states. A committee headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved additional central assistance under the National Disaster Response Fund to five states affected by floods/landslides/hailstorms in 2021.
Accordingly, the committee approved additional central assistance to Bihar (Rs 1,038.96 crore), Himachal Pradesh (Rs 21.37 crore), Rajasthan (Rs 292.51 crore), Sikkim (Rs 59.35 crore) and West Bengal (Rs 475.04 crore).
This additional assistance is in addition to the funds released by the Center to the states under the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF). In the financial year 2021-22, the central government released Rs 17,747.20 crore to 28 states for SDRF and Rs 6,197.98 crore from NDRF to nine states.
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